THE BIRD BOOK 
Knot. 
Purple Sandpiper. 
234. Knot. Tringa canutus. 
Range. — Arctic regions in summer; south 
through the United States, chiefly on the At- 
lantic coast, to South America. 
Of about the same size as the Dowitchers, length 
10.5 inches, but with a much shorter bill. In 
summer the entire under parts are a uniform red- 
dish chestnut color. They are known to breed 
in Arctic America, from Point Barrow and Hud- 
son Bay, northward, but no authentic eggs are 
known, at present, to exist in collections. One 
taken from a bird by Lieut. Greely, was a pea 
green color, specked with brown; size 1.10x1.00. 
As it was not fully developed, it was probably 
correct neither as to size nor color. 
235. Purple Sandpiper. Arquatella maritima 
maritima. 
Range. — Arctic regions, wintering south to the 
Middle States and the Great Lakes, but chiefly 
on the coast. 
A grayish and blackish colored species, about 
nine inches long. It nests in northern Labrador, 
about Hudson Bay and 
in Iceland. Its eggs are 
a grayish buff color 
handsomely splashed 
with rich shades of 
brown and obscure 
markings of darker 
gray. Data. — North- 
ern Iceland, June 7, 
1897. Four eggs. Nest 
a hollow in the ground 
among grass and weeds and lined with a few 
grasses. Collector, C. Jefferys. 
Grayish buff. 
235a. Aleutian Sandpiper. Arguatella maritima couesi. 
Range. — Supposed to be a resident on the coast and islands of Alaska, from 
the Aleutians northward. 
A very similar species to the preceding; scarcely distinguishable. These 
Sandpipers, which are found in Alaska at all seasons of the year, breed during 
May and June. Their nesting habits are the same as those of the preceding 
bird and the eggs are indistinguishable. Size 1.40 x 1.00. Data. — Unalaska, 
Bering Sea, June 3, 1898. Nest containing four eggs, a depression in the moss, 
lined with grasses and bits of moss. The eggs were laid with their small ends 
together. 
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